A Year Near Proxima Centauri
Michael Martin
- When
- a
- rich
- and
- greedy
- couple
- decide
- to
- leave
- their
- blighted
- and
- bloated
- home
- plant
- of
- Conima,
- where
- better
- to
- go
- than
- Provender
- with
- its
- fascinating
- peasant
- population
- and
- plant
- and
- animal
- life.
- Everything
- is
- edible;
- and
- everyone
- eats
- and
- or
- is
- eaten
- with
- relish
- (or
- chutney
- or
- pickle)
- regardless
- of
- intelligence,
- (sometimes,
- spitefully,
- because
- of
- it).
- They
- say
- if,
- by
- a
- miracle,
- you
- survive
- the
- first
- day
- without
- being
- eaten
- then
- you
- could
- well
- have
- a
- long
- happy
- life
- there
- unless
- .
- . .
